Global Financial Investigations
Adopting a case-based approach, Global Financial Investigations introduces the fascinating world of forensic accounting and investigating transnational financial crimes, providing an overview of core concepts and current industry trends, together with practical guidance to equip readers with the knowledge required to combat complex financial crimes.This accessible text covers a breadth of financial investigations and broader financial crime issues, from investigating illicit trade and reconstructing financial records, to conducting regulatory investigations. Supported by real-world cases from different geographic regions, readers will learn the practical hands-on forensic accounting and financial investigation skills required in today's work environment.Learning features include: a wealth of practical examples highlighting explanations of the main terminology and concepts engaging real-world case studies from multiple regions, including Europe, Africa, Latin America, North America, New Zealand and Asia start-of-chapter learning objectives and a summary of key learning points to reinforce learning end-of-chapter questions for review Written by a highly experienced professional and educator in forensic accounting, Global Financial Investigations is the ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate-level students of courses in forensic accounting, financial crime investigation and fraud investigation.
Smart Money Moves
Unlock the secrets to financial mastery with "Smart Money Moves," a comprehensive guide that empowers you to take control of your finances, decreases the need to waste your money on unnecessary interest due to missing expenses over a lifetime and enables you to make intelligent cash flow decisions for a secure future.This budget related cash flow focused book combines practical wisdom with actionable advice for both individuals and businesses.This essential cash management tool offers you a roadmap to financial success through the mastery of replacement budgets, irregular expenses, and property ownership budgets.Embark on a journey of financial enlightenment as you delve into the art of replacement budgets. Learn how to strategically allocate funds for major purchases, ensuring that your financial resources are optimally utilized and borrowing costs are eliminated.Discover the power of foresight as you navigate through life's unexpected twists and turns with the expertise of managing irregular expenses. From car repairs to medical emergencies, "Smart Money Moves" equips you with the tools to manage unforeseen financial challenges confidently.The book does not stop there - it takes you further into the property ownership budgets, providing valuable insights into the complex world of real estate finances and ongoing ownership costs. Whether you are a seasoned property owner or aspiring to enter the real estate market, this guide offers indispensable advice on budgeting for mortgages, maintenance, and property investments.In this real estate related segment, you will gain a deep understanding of the financial nuances associated with property ownership, empowering you to make informed decisions that contribute to long-term wealth.With a blend of real-life examples, expert insights, and practical strategies, "Smart Money Moves" is not just a guide; it is a financial companion that empowers you to make intelligent and strategic choices with your money.Take charge of your financial destiny, eliminate the guesswork, and embark on a journey toward financial freedom with the knowledge and confidence instilled by this indispensable guide.
Product Design, Technology, and Social Change
Examines the relationship between products, consumption, sustainability, politics and social movements. This 'pocket history' surveys product design from the agricultural revolution and the birth of cities, through industrialisation, and a digital design revolution. 58 b&w illus.
Reflections on the Case for Audit Reform
This is the final volume in a four-book miniseries dealing with disruption in audit and financial reporting, this last book focusing on the importance of developing the purpose and concept of auditing in a holistic rather than piecemeal way, whilst reflecting on the case for audit reform.It looks beyond current events and explores possible new entrants to the market, the role of regulation versus professionalism, developing a more prominent and reinvigorated auditing profession and how to meet wider stakeholder needs. The authors' key proposal for discussion is for the traditional passive audit to be replaced with a proactive style of audit, where granular opinions, forward looking analysis and sensitivity reviews can aid the reader of accounts to come to their own conclusions.This book should act as a catalyst for radical thinking professionals, students, academics and company directors to influence future government reforms to meet societal needs in the twenty-first century.
IT Auditing
More than ever, technology is indispensable to business operations and recordkeeping, so people skilled in computer automation -- IT auditors -- have become an essential part of the financial audit team.This book is a comprehensive guide to the IT audit discipline, and to the impact of abstraction on businesses. Developments including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) mean that businesses are moving from a physical world to an abstracted digital world, increasing reliance on systems, their design, their implementation and on those that oversee and maintain these systems -- often parties outside the businesses' control. Though the implications of these shifts go far beyond IT auditing, this book focuses on what IT auditors need to know in this new environment, such as: How to understand abstracted services and appropriate internal business controls How to evaluate situations where physicality has been replaced by abstracted services How to understand and adapt to the impact of abstracted services on objectives, operations, decision-making, and Risk Management, including changing risk profiles and introducing new risks In the wake of the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Evolution project, this book will be an essential resource for readers seeking CPA certification, as well as for business leaders and Risk Management professionals who need to understand the benefits and challenges of ever-increasing automation and its concurrent abstraction of physical reality.
Technological Horizons
Adopting AI in accounting, auditing and internal control comes with challenges that need to be addressed for successful implementation. Key challenges include data quality, lack of understanding, regulatory compliance, ethical concerns, cost of implementation, resistance to change, security concerns, and scalability issues. Addressing these challenges requires a comprehensive and collaborative approach involving technology experts, regulatory bodies, and accounting professionals. The research presented connects traditional accounting, auditing and internal control practices with the cutting-edge technological advancements that are revolutionizing the way business transactions are conducted. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, data analytics, and automation have transformed the way financial information is processed, requiring professionals in these domains to develop new skill sets. Technological Horizons: Insights for Accounting, Auditing and Internal Control in Emerging Markets delves into the heart of these transformations and offers interdisciplinary insights that can inform and guide the adaptation of accounting and auditing practices in a tech-driven era. Technological Innovation and Sustainability for Business Competitive Advantage series emphasizes the scientific exploration of business challenges faced by organizations, while offering practical solutions. By contributing to the development and enhancement of business theories and practices, and by promoting scientific research in technological innovation and sustainability, the volumes facilitate meaningful dialogues among academics, practitioners, and individuals. The research presented connects traditional accounting, auditing and internal control practices with the cutting-edge technological advancements that are revolutionizing the way business transactions are conducted.
Technological Horizons
Adopting AI in accounting, auditing and internal control comes with challenges that need to be addressed for successful implementation. Key challenges include data quality, lack of understanding, regulatory compliance, ethical concerns, cost of implementation, resistance to change, security concerns, and scalability issues. Addressing these challenges requires a comprehensive and collaborative approach involving technology experts, regulatory bodies, and accounting professionals. The research presented connects traditional accounting, auditing and internal control practices with the cutting-edge technological advancements that are revolutionizing the way business transactions are conducted. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, data analytics, and automation have transformed the way financial information is processed, requiring professionals in these domains to develop new skill sets. Technological Horizons: Technological Skills and Knowledge for Practitioners within Business Environment delves into the heart of these transformations and offers interdisciplinary insights that can inform and guide the adaptation of accounting and auditing practices in a tech-driven era. Technological Innovation and Sustainability for Business Competitive Advantage series emphasizes the scientific exploration of business challenges faced by organizations, while offering practical solutions. By contributing to the development and enhancement of business theories and practices, and by promoting scientific research in technological innovation and sustainability, the volumes facilitate meaningful dialogues among academics, practitioners, and individuals. The research presented connects traditional accounting, auditing and internal control practices with the cutting-edge technological advancements that are revolutionizing the way business transactions are conducted.
How To Turbo Charge Your Life with Personal Developments and Smart Investments
How To Turbo Charge Your Life with Personal Developments and Smart Investments
State Looters
On September 15, 2017, in front of millions of television viewers, Emmanuel Macron, with Fran癟ois Bayrou, his Keeper of the Seals at the time, delivered his first lie: "It is now impossible to be elected when you have a B2 criminal record". Nothing could be further from the truth: in 2025, it is still possible to stand for election and be elected after having been convicted by the courts, whereas there are 396 professions requiring a clean criminal record.Ten years after the best-seller Pilleurs d'?tat, which sold 120,000 copies, Philippe Pascot takes stock of the advances and setbacks in French politics, listing all the legal abuses still available to the political class: exorbitant salaries and associated expenses, tax exemptions, multiple pensions, fictitious jobs, exceptional justice, show trials, bogus declarations of interest and activities, and so many other little arrangements between friends... For Philippe Pascot, the conclusion is clear: "Behind a declared desire for transparency and a more ethical political sphere, our elected representatives continue to pursue their own interests through increasingly incomprehensible laws, in order to avoid criminal prosecution and drape themselves in an air of circumstantial innocence".
The Fusion of Accounting and Accountability
In recent decades, a growing awareness of companies' important role within society emerged. Companies are considered accountable for their actions and their commitment to sustainability has become essential. Sustainability is a critical success factor and a source of competitive advantage that guarantees survival over time. The process of change necessarily passes through corporate disclosure: consequently, many businesses have begun to incorporate environmental and social issues in their reports to demonstrate their commitment. This trend highlights the need to systematize the main non-financial reporting tools available to companies. In light of these premises, this book investigates the topic of non-financial disclosure by analyzing and comparing the main reporting tools used. It also discusses three case studies as practical examples of the implementation of Sustainability or Integrated Reporting. The different case studies represent a useful tool for comparing the different types of non-financial reports and provide a guide for companies in the process of implementing and drafting a non-financial report.
The Gardener of Governance
This book builds on the popular GARDENER OF GOVERNANCE article, which enjoys amazing traction in the professional community globally and has been translated into 25+ languages. The Lenz and Jeppesen (2022) thought-piece introduced the 5 "Ps" as paths for the betterment of internal auditing: People, Public, Performance (Prosperity), Purpose (Profession) and Planet. These main fields of action and focus for the internal audit profession may determine the future role of internal auditing, its legitimacy, relevance and significance. The book aims to provide practical guidance for performing impactful internal audit assignments. Some readers will no doubt view the authors as unorthodox and the book may be a stretch for the purist, insisting on adherence to traditional rules.It is pleasing to see that the new Global Internal Audit Standards advocate a pragmatic and holistic approach, which should further stimulate internal audit functions moving into uncharted territory that may require from them to become more resourceful in their approach as advocated for by the authors. This book is an inspiration and encouragement for all internal auditors who want to do better and aim higher, particularly the forthcoming generation of internal auditors who are open-minded and who may sometimes doubt themselves because of opposition or insecurity. We believe that internal auditors who absorb the knowledge and make it their own will benefit from this book on their career trajectory.This easy read is relatable, engaging and convincing to support internal auditors globally who are seeking to widen their repertoire on their journey to become modern and effective internal auditors. This book is relevant and will be insightful to internal auditors, students and lecturers, as well as other stakeholders including senior and executive managers and board members. Drawing on Rainer's vast practical expertise gained from over 300 audits in more than 50 countries, along with his series of publications and adding Barrie's hands-on advice benefitting from 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, the authors create an interesting blend of creative authoring that challenges the status quo and advises emerging internal auditors on becoming more impactful and effective.We're dropping the pebble in the pond. Let's see how far the ripples spread and to what effect.
Product Design, Technology, and Social Change
Examines the relationship between products, consumption, sustainability, politics and social movements. This 'pocket history' surveys product design from the agricultural revolution and the birth of cities, through industrialisation, and a digital design revolution. 58 b&w illus.
Accounting for Social and Environmental Sustainability
For a company, managing its social and environmental performance is no longer just a matter of reducing its impact; it must also be able to assess its contribution to resolving or aggravating social and environmental problems. This book argues that the current work on accounting for sustainability has not yet given organisations a tool to integrate their performance within the planetary and social framework that conveys actual "planetary and social budgets", and that business organisations lack the possibility to go beyond incremental performance measurement.It offers an in-depth examination of multi-capital accounting, which has already been integrated within the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and will follow on from sustainability reporting. The LIFTS model (Limits and Foundations Towards Sustainability Accounting Model) used in this book combines various scientific and practical contributions to develop budgets for environmental impacts and social obligations on an organisational scale. It proposes an accounting mechanism that enables an organization to manage each of its budgets and measure variances between forecast and actual. It provides an introduction to the principles of this model and its conditions of application and describes its implementation in numerous companies.While the main audience for the book is academics, advanced students and researchers in accounting for sustainability, business and management and economics, it will also appeal to practitioners, policymakers, national standard setters, think tanks and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).The Open Access version of this book, available at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Turning Black Ink Into Gold
The tacit assumption among business owners and their bookkeepers generally seems to be that the primary objective of financial performance reporting is to facilitate the production of an income tax return. To this end, the primary objective of the income statement is to report the company's net profit. This assumption is misguided. The primary objective of the income statement should be to report the company's cash flow. Quoting Dr. Pablo Fernandez, recognized as among the world's leading authorities on business valuation"There is a financial accounting maxim which, although it is not absolutely true, comes very close to it and which is a good thing to remember, net income is just an opinion, net cash flow is a fact"The purpose of Turning Black Ink Into Gold is to show small business owners how high-quality financial performance reporting can improve their company's profitability and market value
Accounting for Managers
This book presents fundamental aspects of financial accounting, its basic terminology, the accounting process and the preparation of a journal, ledger, trial balance, income statement and balance sheet. It also introduces complex topics like tools of management accounting, sustainability reporting and financial reporting. The volume comprehensively delivers lessons and examples to build strong accounting skills guiding readers to learn how to read and analyse financial statements, and discusses the theoretical concepts followed by elaborating on the accounting process in a simple and lucid style. Numerical examples and case studies support every discussion involving a conceptual difficulty. Several charts and diagrams have been included to shed light on the finer points of the subject to make it easily comprehensible.This book would be useful to students, researchers and teachers of financial accounting, accounting, statistics and business management. The book would also be useful for anyone interested in learning the basic concepts of financial accounting to help them in their daily lives.
Modern Workplace Culture Made Easy
Transform your workplace culture into a hub of success and innovation without sacrificing your personal and professional values.Are you a leader driven by the desire to inspire your team?Do you seek new strategies to improve team dynamics in today's ever-evolving workplace?Are you challenged by resistance to change or aligning your values with your corporate culture?Here's what you'll discover inside: Principles for creating psychological safety and fostering innovation within your team.How to leverage empathy and emotional intelligence to enhance company-wide communication.Strategies to transform remote teams into cohesive units and build strong bonds across distances.Key steps to handling resistance and implementing cultural changes smoothly.Techniques for detoxifying a toxic work culture and creating a productive environment.Methods to ensure remote employees feel included in the organizational culture.Feedback mechanisms to foster constructive evaluations and boost team performance.Whether navigating a hybrid work model, managing cultural transitions, or striving to improve team dynamics, Modern Workplace Culture offers practical, real-world guidance focused on fostering respect and innovation.
Hostile Takeovers - The use of Attack and Defence Strategies
Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Accounting and Taxes, grade: 70, University of Westminster (Westminster Business School), course: MSc Finance and Accounting - Master Dissertation, language: English, abstract: The attack and defence strategies are of critical importance for the situation of a takeover-bid from the view of the target company or the investor (raider). They can be crucial factor whether the acquisition is successful or not. Several strategies are discussed and are evidenced on the basis of practical examples. Of special importance is the development of the bid premia during the takeover process and the impact to the shareholders wealth. It can be observed that through decades and several takeover waves in the 20th century specific defence strategies pointed out as favourites in use for target managers. This project reviews the motivations for hostile takeovers, structures the random literature in this field, discusses the effects and impacts of popular attacks and defences and showcases several high-profile takeover bids.
Practical Tools to Grow Your Business
Guides are wonderful things. They help us to make sense of the world around us and help us to navigate the route forward. For a business owner with staff, this set of fifteen guides helps with the three main aspects of growing your business. Strategy guides - for working out where to take your business and why. Marketing guides - for thinking through who your best customers are and why, and then win more of them. Performance guides - for successfully navigating the thousands of hours to achieve all that is needed. Do it once, do it well, collect the fees. Repeat. This book is a compilation of fifteen papers and guides, which I have written over the years. "The business of a business is business. But not all businesses are the same." By that I mean this. When we start or join a business, the purpose of the organisation is not to provide work for us as individuals. The purpose of the business is to achieve the results for our chosen customers. Our job, as business owners and leaders, is to work out how to achieve those results as well as possible. Over time, I have learned that it is possible for the trials and tribulations of life, and all manner of errors to hinder us from achieving those desired results. Over time it became opportune to create guides which addressed those challenging topics. This book pulls those guides together into this one place. Enjoy.
Internal Auditing Fundamentals
The perfect introduction to auditing principles, this book offers tools and techniques to conduct audits for safety and quality purposes. This handy pocket guide is an easy-to-digest roadmap for providing clients with solid reporting and feedback. Each step-by-step concept-from assignment to preparation, data collection, analysis and reporting, and follow-up-walks the internal auditor through the process to build trust with the auditee. This book includes: - Example forms such as audit plans, work orders, agendas and schedules, checklists, and notification letters - 20 basic auditing principles and glossary of terms - Discussion on identifying conformities vs. nonconformities
Minding My Business; Fiscal Management
Minding My Business, Fiscal Management Trying to figure out how to look at the numbers of our business and make sense of them? Have questions like the ones below but are not looking for an accounting or fiscal management degree you never wanted, look inside.  When can I afford a new employee? A new piece of equipment?  Am I actually making any money?  How much do those benefits actually cost?  How do I learn to speak the same language as bankers and investors? People I will need to expand my business!  Why can't I find someone else to run this business so I can do other things?  How do I make sure my business is not running on a thin wire?
Beyond the Bullshit
Brett Goodyer is an expert in valuing businesses who wants to remove the gatekeeping nonsense that seeks to shroud valuations in mystery.Beyond the Bullsh*t provides a simplified, evidence-based approach and practical theory that can be applied to most small to medium-sized businesses. It offers you the insights needed to help your clients maximise their valuation, giving you the ability to provide tangible advice that adds value.Valuing businesses doesn't have to be difficult, even though some concepts can be tricky. Brett's straightforward approach helps you quickly grasp the basics. After reading and comprehending this book, you'll understand the concepts of appraising most small to medium-sized businesses worldwide, making a complex subject simple.
Fundamentals of Finance Fifth Edition
This fifth extensively revised and updated edition gives a practical overview of contemporary finance from a New Zealand perspective. Written by experts, it helps students understand: - How the financial system and the institutions within it operate - How and why financial decisions are made - The tools, techniques and concepts used in finance, and how they are applied to the major sectors of finance - How individuals plan their short- and long-term financial activities - How business organizations manage and finance their short- and long-term financial activities. Broad in scope, Fundamentals of Finance explains the important financial decisions made by businesses and individuals, and how these decisions are influenced by the financial environment in which we live and work. It provides an introduction to finance that assists students to make their own financial decisions. Helpful features include: examples, self-test questions (with solutions!), learning objectives, a glossary of terms and useful formulae.
America
AMERICA: RETURN TO INDEPENDENCEThis thought provoking book is divided into four parts. Part I is a general overview and history of sovereignty. Part II is The Plan - an economic means by which we will return America to greatness. Part III covers Options and Opportunities for all Americans that are provided by this plan. Part IV is Energy, Energy and more Energy - how producing new forms of energy is central to the plan.
Centring Intersex
The Special Issue Centring Intersex: Global and Local Dimensions highlights the growing body of international work in intersex studies, an interdisciplinary field that critically examines societal norms, medical practices, legal premises, and cultural assumptions surrounding variations of sex characteristics (VSCs). Moving beyond medical definitions, the articles in this Special Issue address social, cultural, and political issues faced by intersex people and people with VSCs, including systemic oppression, discrimination, and human rights violations. The articles in the Special Issue were developed from presentations at the international online conference Centring Intersex Issues: Global and Local Dimensions, held on 20-23 February 2023. The conference aimed to create a platform that moved beyond Anglophone and Eurocentric narratives, emphasizing a more inclusive and diverse global perspective on intersex issues. The Special Issue emphasizes the need for a global perspective, critiquing neo-colonial medical practices and advocating for non-pathologizingcal understandings of intersex experiences. Several articles in this Special Issue highlight the importance of co-producing knowledge between intersex and endosex people. They explore global issues such as medical interventions on minors, along with legal and ethical strategies, while addressing local contexts in countries like Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Mexico, and Latin America.
Introduction of Iref
The Integrated Reporting Framework (IReF) is a significant step towards establishing a streamlined and harmonised supervisory reporting system in the European Union. By consolidating several reporting frameworks, the IReF aims to reduce the administrative burden for financial institutions and improve data consistency for supervisory authorities. This approach will help to ensure more efficient and transparent reporting procedures and promote greater regulatory harmonisation across the EU. This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory framework and technical aspects of integrated supervisory reporting within the Eurozone. It addresses the practical need for transparency and consistency in reporting standards amidst evolving financial landscapes. Key research questions focus on the impact of integrated supervisory reporting on risk management practices, regulatory compliance and overall financial stability.
Financial Freedom Made Easy
Achieve Financial Independence and Secure Your Family's Future in Just a Few Simple Steps - Even if You're Starting from ScratchAre you constantly worrying about your finances, living paycheck to paycheck, and struggling to save for your family's future?Do you feel overwhelmed by debt and lack the knowledge to turn things around?If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you're not alone.Financial Freedom Made Easy is your comprehensive, practical guide to financial independence and peace of mind.Here's just a glimpse of what you'll discover inside: 6 practical steps to create a realistic budget for your familyThe most effective strategies for paying off credit card debt, including the Debt Pay Down and Debt Accelerator methodsEmergency Fund 101: the step-by-step process for building your family's safety net.Investment basics for beginners: Clear explanations of investing terms and key steps to get you startedWhy low-risk investment options can still yield significant returnsEasy-to-understand guidelines for retirement planning to ensure a comfortable futureSimple tax planning strategies to maximize your savingsHow to overcome the psychological barriers that hinder good financial habitsReal-life success stories to inspire and motivate your journey...and so much moreNB - This is a US centric book and whilst applicable to all people does focus on US residency
Empirical Research in Accounting
This textbook provides the foundation for a course that takes PhD students in empirical accounting research from the very basics of statistics, data analysis, and causal inference up to the point at which they conduct their own research. Starting with foundations in statistics, econometrics, causal inference, and institutional knowledge of accounting and finance, the book moves on to an in-depth coverage of the core papers in capital market research. The latter half of the book examines contemporary approaches to research design and empirical analysis, including natural experiments, instrumental variables, fixed effects, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity design, propensity-score matching, and machine learning. Readers of the book will develop deep data analysis skills using modern tools. Extensive replication and simulation analysis is included throughout.Key Features: Extensive coverage of empirical accounting research over more than 50 years. Integrated coverage of statistics and econometrics, institutional knowledge, and research design. Numerous replications and a dozen simulation analyses to immerse readers in papers and empirical analysis. All tables and figures in the book can be reproduced by readers using included code. Easy-to-use templates facilitate hands-on exercises and introduce reproduceable research concepts. (Solutions available to instructors.)
Peak Performance
PEAK PERFORMANCE: Mindset Tools for Managers highlights strategies that will take your performance as a manager to the next level. This book explores the habits of top-level managers, the actions peak performing managers take, and the strategies they employ. It is a kit providing various tools you can use to perform at your best.The number one goal in PEAK PERFORMANCE: Mindset Tools for Managers is to provide examples and strategies from elite managers, coaches, consultants, business owners, and more. There are no limits to what levels of performance we can achieve, and this book will provide an array of perspectives to train your mind and body as you strive toward peak performance as a manager.The 32 expert-authors of this book come from all over the USA, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Croatia, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. They are professionals who are mindset, performance, leadership, and communication experts, executives, managers, TEDx and keynote speakers, professional athletes, coaches, neuro-linguistic programming practitioners, writers, consultants, and more. The one thing these individuals have in common is that they all have an idea about peak performance, and these ideas can be applied to situations in management and in lifeThe co-authors of this book include Kim Adams, Rory Bakke, Jolanda Busscher, Ant Carter, Laura Dobos, Thijs Findhammer, Nicole Guberman, Ola Sundb繪 Halvorsen, Anna Hertel, Chris Howe, Dr. Sybille Juhasz, Hilda Kalap, Tonci Kučic, Rakesh Lazar, Nicki Leaper, Brooke Leavitt, Eric Mahleb, Rachel Mallows, Kestahn Moore-Dunning, Ezio Mormile, Samuel Nicholson, Dr. Usama Nouri, Thomas O'Dell, Brian Osborne, Carla Paulino, Sophie Le Reste, Camilla Sandemann, Akihiro Sasai, Robert Schiff, Paulie Skaja, Dr. Stacey Wayman, and Paulina Xerri.
The da Vinci Zone
"The da Vinci Zone is a totally new and exciting way of approaching how we do business. Robin Byrne challenges all of us to take Giant Leaps at High Velocity. It is rare to encounter such original thinking in today's business world. The da Vinci Zone is a gourmet dinner in a world of fast-food disappointment".Rey Gonzales (Sky Zone)"Unnervingly simple yet powerfully effective".Gerry Raubach, ISI, The Southwestern Lean Summit"Having Robin Byrne deliver Measurable Management into our company, was like having Tiger Woods come and play the local golf course".Bill Shorma, CEO, Shur-Co. (retired)"We are taught in Business Schools the world over that our objectives should be realistic, measurable and have a timescale for achievement. I disagree. To achieve unreal things, you need to be unrealistic! Making our objectives realistic is to place limitations on our potential achievements. What great discoveries might we unearth as a natural bi-product of striving for the unrealistic?"Robin Byrne (The da Vinci Zone)
The Closing of the Auditor's Mind?
In The Closing of the Auditor's Mind?, author David J. O'Regan describes internal auditing as an important "binding agent" of social cohesion, for the accountability of individuals and organizations and also at aggregated levels of social trust. However, O'Regan also reveals that internal auditing faces two severe challenges - an external challenge of adaptation and an internal challenge of fundamental reform.The adaptation challenge arises from ongoing, paradigmatic shifts in accountability and social trust. The command-and-control, vertical hierarchies of traditional bureaucracies are being replaced in importance by networked, flattened patterns of accountability. The most challenging assurance demands of the modern era are increasingly located in three institutional domains - in the inner workings of organizations; in intermediary spaces at organizational boundaries; and in extra-mural locations. Internal auditing continues to cling, barnacle-like, to the inner workings of traditional, bureaucratic structures, and it has little to offer the emerging assurance demands on or beyond institutional boundaries. The reform challenge arises from internal auditing's prevailing tendency toward a rigid, algorithmic, checklist mindset that suppresses practitioners' creativity and critical thinking. This trend is increasingly narrowing internal auditing's intellectual and moral horizons. Under the pressures of these challenges, internal auditing is struggling to fulfil its primary purpose of serving the public interest.O'Regan's powerful book focuses on: The redistribution of social trust from traditional, hierarchical institutions to diffuse, horizontally distributed networks The perennial validity of the classical virtues as the humane foundation of professional activity The role of creative expertise in promoting professional wisdom The Closing of the Auditor's Mind? is a philosophical audit of a profession on the threshold of crisis. The book presupposes no prior knowledge of philosophy, nor indeed of auditing. Philosophical technicalities are contained in an Appendix, leaving the main text jargon-free. O'Regan provides original and striking perspectives on the malaise of modern internal auditing, and he proposes radical remedies. This captivating and well-informed book is a must-read for all who are concerned with our collective socio-economic and political well-being.
Accounting Standards 19e
A comprehensive question book on International Financial Reporting StandardsThe nineteenth edition of Accounting Standards is intended for Financial Accounting second- or third-year students or students requiring an introduction to accounting standards. It introduces students to the principles of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).The accounting principles are illustrated through questions which gradually increase in difficulty. This approach facilitates students' understanding of these principles and enables them to get to grips with financial statements in a practical manner. An indication is given when a question contains topics that are not in the SAICA syllabus, but may be relevant for other syllabi or for the further enrichment of students' understanding.Accounting Standards is designed to meet students' requirements while at the same time reducing the lecturers' workload. Solutions to all the questions are provided to lecturers at prescribing institutions.
Accounting for All 4e
Accounting for All fourth edition aims to help students master introductory Accounting courses, and cover the key topics in the financial accounting and cost accounting disciplines.Now updated, it has been further enhanced by two new topics - partnerships and non-profit organisations (NPOs) - giving students a broader coverange of the business environment.The study of Accounting is often perceived as daunting, but the author has written the book so that it is easy to understand. The teaching methodology takes a step-by-step approach, and is supported by extensive explanatory examples and revision questions. It also enables students to work through each chapter independently.Accounting for All fourth edition will benefit any student who does not have an accounting background, but needs a fundamental understanding of the financial and cost accounting principles and concepts as they apply to the world of business.Lecturer support material is made available to prescribing institutions.About the author: Madri Schutte has a PhD. in Business Management. She is currently a full-time lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), where she teaches Accounting for Personal Practitioners as well as Industrial Accounting for Engineers. She has lectured extensively on MBA cost accounting, as well as other financial accounting and cost accounting service modules, and has written other financial accounting textbooks. She has spent more than 30 years in private practice and is a member of the SAIPA (South African Institute of Professional Accountants).
The Closing of the Auditor's Mind?
In The Closing of the Auditor's Mind?, author David J. O'Regan describes internal auditing as an important "binding agent" of social cohesion, for the accountability of individuals and organizations and also at aggregated levels of social trust. However, O'Regan also reveals that internal auditing faces two severe challenges - an external challenge of adaptation and an internal challenge of fundamental reform.The adaptation challenge arises from ongoing, paradigmatic shifts in accountability and social trust. The command-and-control, vertical hierarchies of traditional bureaucracies are being replaced in importance by networked, flattened patterns of accountability. The most challenging assurance demands of the modern era are increasingly located in three institutional domains - in the inner workings of organizations; in intermediary spaces at organizational boundaries; and in extra-mural locations. Internal auditing continues to cling, barnacle-like, to the inner workings of traditional, bureaucratic structures, and it has little to offer the emerging assurance demands on or beyond institutional boundaries. The reform challenge arises from internal auditing's prevailing tendency toward a rigid, algorithmic, checklist mindset that suppresses practitioners' creativity and critical thinking. This trend is increasingly narrowing internal auditing's intellectual and moral horizons. Under the pressures of these challenges, internal auditing is struggling to fulfil its primary purpose of serving the public interest.O'Regan's powerful book focuses on: The redistribution of social trust from traditional, hierarchical institutions to diffuse, horizontally distributed networks The perennial validity of the classical virtues as the humane foundation of professional activity The role of creative expertise in promoting professional wisdom The Closing of the Auditor's Mind? is a philosophical audit of a profession on the threshold of crisis. The book presupposes no prior knowledge of philosophy, nor indeed of auditing. Philosophical technicalities are contained in an Appendix, leaving the main text jargon-free. O'Regan provides original and striking perspectives on the malaise of modern internal auditing, and he proposes radical remedies. This captivating and well-informed book is a must-read for all who are concerned with our collective socio-economic and political well-being.
